GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex · Places
VERETUM (town in Iapygia)
Ancient town of the Messapians
- Kind of place
- Town
- Region
- Iapygia
- Where
- 39.84° N, 18.33° E
Herodotus claimed Cretans who strayed from Minos's fleet founded the place he called Hyria. Strabo 6.3.6 Veretum is one of two locations Herodotus might have meant when describing Hyria in Iapygia. Strabo 6.3.6